{"id":218782,"date":"2019-09-20T14:38:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/218782\/watch-rugby-world-cup-2019-get-know-springbok-team\/"},"modified":"2019-09-20T14:38:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T12:38:45","slug":"watch-rugby-world-cup-2019-get-know-springbok-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/sports-news\/2019\/09\/20\/watch-rugby-world-cup-2019-get-know-springbok-team\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] Rugby World Cup 2019: Get to know the Springbok team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big day is upon us as the Springboks will be representing South Africa in Japan on 21 September 2019 at\u00a0Yokohama\u2019s International Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Before huddling up for a braai with your mates to watch the match,\u00a0or attending an event where the match will be screened, test your knowledge and get to know the team.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Ever wondered who the first Springbok rugby captain was or when rugby started in South Africa? Start now with getting to know the team&#8217;s profile.<\/p>\n<p>Here a few facts to get you started:<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>The\u00a0South African national rugby team is also known as the\u00a0Boks or Bokke.<\/li>\n<li>The Springbok team\u2019s gear has a King Protea which is South Africa\u2019s national flower.<\/li>\n<li>Siya Kolisi is the team captain for the Springbok team.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday&#8217;s match between the Springboks\u00a0vs\u00a0All Blacks\u00a02019 will be the 99th test between the two countries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='36555f6382b568b5eebb546e94ffeefe'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Springboks&#8217; opening match of the game is against against New Zealand in Yokohama on Saturday, 21 September. Get to know your team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8279,"featured_media":218783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8428,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby-world-cup","category-sports-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Sport","SubCategory":"Rugby World Cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8279"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}